CNN recently hired former NYPD Blue star Andrea Thompson as a news co-anchor. The netowrk then found out that nude pictures of Thompson are on the Net, and now CNN might fire her, saying she should have disclosed this before she took the job. Link

Speedle is a cool little app that allows you to seamlessly forward a link to other people, then collaboratively filters who's forwarding what to whom and comes up with other cool stuff you should be looking at. It's kind of a distributed blog. Link

So it wasn't the titanium in that guy's laptop that triggered security devices at Burbank Airport on Friday. Apparently, his laptop bag "contained residue of a chemical commonly used to make explosives." Link Best detail: "Airport officials said the man was 'very drunk,' which may have complicated the investigation. He was still carrying a bottle of vodka as he attempted to pass through the security checkpoint, said Susan Manukyan, Southwest's assistant security manager."

Phew! I feel safer already: "The Supreme Court ruled today that the police can handcuff and arrest people even for minor offenses, like failure to use seat belts, which are normally punished by fines. (from the New York Times.) Link